<p>At least 21 students and teachers were gunned down at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, a city in north-western Pakistan, on January 20. A splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which came little more than a year after a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, which killed 150 people, mostly children. More and more teachers are now choosing to carry a weapon – a policy encouraged by the government. </p><br />A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett, Aline Schmidt and Claire Pryde.<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en